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Title
High-resolution X-ray computed tomography : a new workflow for the analysis of xylogenesis and intra-seasonal wood biomass production
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Abstract
Understanding tree growth and carbon sequestration are of crucial interest to forecast the feedback of forests to climate change. To have a global understanding of the wood formation, it is necessary to develop new methodologies for xylogenesis measurements, valid across diverse wood structures and applicable to both angiosperms and gymnosperms. In this study, the authors present a new workflow to study xylogenesis using high-resolution X-ray computed tomography (HRXCT), which is generic and offers high potential for automatization. The HXRCT-based approach was benchmarked with the current classical approach (microtomy) on three tree species with contrasted wood anatomy ( Pinus nigra, Fagus sylvatica , and Quercus robur ). HRXCT proved to estimate the relevant xylogenesis parameters (timing, duration, and growth rates) across species with high accuracy. HRXCT showed to be an efficient avenue to investigate tree xylogenesis for a wide range of wood anatomies, structures, and species. HRXCT also showed its potential to provide quantification of intra-annual dynamics of biomass production through high-resolution 3D mapping of wood biomass within the forming growth ring.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Frontiers in plant science. - Place of publication unknown
Publication
Place of publication unknown : publisher unknown , 2021
ISSN
1664-462X
DOI
10.3389/FPLS.2021.698640
Volume/pages
12 (2021) , 15 p.
Article Reference
698640
ISI
000685122200003
Pubmed ID
34421949
Medium
E-only publicatie
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A game-changing perspective on intra-seasonal wood formation dynamics using high-resolution X-ray Computed Tomography to elucidate leaf senescence and autumn dynamics of temperate deciduous trees in Europe.
What makes leaves fall in autumn? A new process description for the timing of leaf senescence in temperate and boreal trees (LEAF-FALL).
Determination of the drivers of the onset of autumn leaf senescence in temperate deciduous forests: the relationship between leaf dynamics, tree growth and photoperiod.
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Publications with a UAntwerp address
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Creation 09.08.2021
Last edited 21.11.2024
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